Yeah its not looking to promising, it must be very frustrating for them.
I wish NASA would leave the stream running so we can watch the storm too, it would be interesting to see if the lightning hits the pad.

It would suck being strapped in to that chair and having to go to the can diapers or no that would suck. I'd be getting a little frustrated with the
failed attempts by now but maybe the prospect of shooting in to outer space would keep me coming back for another try.

Originally posted by pazcat
Yeah its not looking to promising, it must be very frustrating for them.
I wish NASA would leave the stream running so we can watch the storm too, it would be interesting to see if the lightning hits the pad.

This is from the thunderstorm From a few days ago (July 10). There was a lightning strike directly on the lightning mast...but the mast did its job
(as a lightning rod) and the electricity from the strike was dissipated away from the launch vehicle. The was no damage done.

There is a system of lightning rods and wires at the launchpad that is specifically designed to attract the lightning to the rods and provide a path
for the electricity to move away from sensitive parts of the launch area.

Yeah I know, although I was bitterly disappointed last night, it was bloody awsome, it was like watching Apollo 13 but in real life, I was going to
start a new thread for today's launch, I may just ask a mod to change the title of this one, so that people will find the NASA feed.

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